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    Default Minor's Last Name Change in Oklahoma

    My question involves name change laws in the State of: Oklahoma.

    My daughter is 15 years old. For the past 6 years she has lived with me and her step-father and her siblings. Her biological father has not paid a dime in child support in 11 years and he has not seen her in 4 years. I'm not even sure where he lives anymore, although I know it is somewhere in the state. She wants to change her last name from him to that of my husband's and her siblings. I am planning on doing this on my own and have all of the forms I should need to do so but I'm not sure about notifying him.

    Do I have to have him served or notified directly in this situation since we really don't even know where he is and he has nothing to do with her or can we just use the publication method of notice?

    Also, can a legal name change be used to change her last name on her birth certificate or do we have to do a full blown adoption in order to do that?

    Thank you very much.

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    Default Re: Minor's Last Name Change in Oklahoma

    You would have to try to effect personal service. Normally you would hire a process server to do that for you. Most people aren't that hard to find, once you start looking.

    A court order granting a legal name change should be sufficient to amend her birth certificate - information on the amendment process and fees can be found here. Note that it won't remove her father from the birth certificate - to do that, you would need to look into the more costly and cumbersome process of step-parent adoption.

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